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April 1, 2014
SF Book Releases This Week: April 1, 2014
Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan THE FUTURE IS COMING…FOR SOME SOONER THAN OTHERS Ellis Rogers is an ordinary man who is about to embark on an extraordinary journey. All his life he has played it safe and done the right thing, but when diagnosed with a terminal illness, he’s willing to take an insane […]Related Posts:SF Book Releases This Week: March 25, 2014Great Books for MayBooks Received for September 2011Books Received in November and DecemberGreat Books for April
March 31, 2014
Book Review: ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS by Tim Lebbon
The deep-ore mining vessel, Marion, is in orbit above the inhospitable planet LV178 from which the Kelland Mining Company is extracting precious trimonite. During a shift change, the Marion’s crew of 10 are concerned by the lack of contact with the remaining 40 crewmembers on the surface. They soon discover what’s happened to them when […]Related Posts:AISFP 251 – John Dodds, BONE MACHINESBook Review: THE TROOP by Nick CutterReview: Assassin’s Creed (Graphic Novels)Short Story Review: The Sto...
March 27, 2014
Review: Assassin’s Creed (Graphic Novels)
As a player — and fan — of the Assassin’s Creedon the Xbox 360, I was delighted to have the opportunity to review graphic novels based on the game. The first collection, The Ankh of Isis Trilogy(Titan Books) comprises three sequential tales called, repectively, Desmond, Aquilus and Accipter, named after characters in the narrative. Desmond […]Related Posts:Book Review: THE TROOP by Nick CutterAISFP 251 – John Dodds, BONE MACHINESBook Review: THIS RIVER AWAKENS by Steven EriksonShort Story Rev...
March 26, 2014
Book Review: TALUS AND THE FROZEN KING by Graham Edwards
The manic energy of modern day our modern Sherlock Holmes is a difficult thing to transpose to a book. To take such a character and place them in the Stone Age without the aid of modern technology runs the risk of creating a story so at odds with itself that any trunk it’s hidden in […]Related Posts:Book Review: Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff of Nightmares by…Book Review: iD by Madeline AshbyBook Review: ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann LeckieBook Review: THE GARDEN OF STONES by Mark T. BarnesBook Review...
March 25, 2014
SF Book Releases This Week: March 25, 2014
Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel by Charlaine Harris THE FINAL SOOKIE STACKHOUSE NOVEL When a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, Sookie will learn that what passes for the truth is only a convenient lie. What passes for justice is more spilled blood. And what passes for love is never enough… Features an all-new […]Related Posts:Interview with Adam Christopher, Author of HANG WIREBooks Received for September 2011Great Books for MayBook Review: HANG WIRE by Adam ChristopherGreat Books f...
March 24, 2014
AISFP 252 – The Writing Process (2013 ICON panel)
The panel, “The Writing Process” was recorded at ICON 2013, an annual Science Fiction-Fantasy Convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around the first week of November. Check out details for ICON 2014 at ICON’s website. This year’s Guests of Honor are: Hugo and Campbell winning author Elizabeth Bear and World Fantasy finalist author Scott Lynch, and […]Related Posts:AISFP 246 – Great Opening Lines, Part 1: Short StoriesAISFP 247 – Great Opening Lines, Part 2: Novels…Interview with Nate Kenyon, Autho...
March 21, 2014
Audiobook Review: THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir
Fans of space exploration and science will salivate over The Martian. Andy Weir‘s debut novel combines dramatic survival in a unique environment with laugh-out-loud humor. Our astronaut has been stranded on Mars after a freak accident convinced his team that he was dead. He is a biologist and an engineer, and a brilliant one at […]Related Posts:Audiobook Review: Apocalypse Z by Manel Loureiro, Narrated…Book Review: Cursed (Part 1) by Platt and TruantBook Review: PENNSYLVANIA (1-3) by Michael...
March 20, 2014
Book Review: TECHNICOLOR TERRORISTS by Andre Duza
I was first introduced to Ande Duza‘s (NSFW) work in the Orange edition of the Bizarro Starter Kit. His contribution was a Roger Rabbit/Cool World-esque novella called “Don’t F(bleep)k with the Coloureds” about cartoons coming into the real world. Recently, I also read his collaboration with Wrath James White called Son of a Bitch, a […]Related Posts:Interview with new reviewer of Magical Realism and Horror,…NEWS – Part Three: The Take-AwayBook Review: THE BLUE BLAZES, by Chuck WendigREVIEW:...
March 18, 2014
AISFP 251 – John Dodds, BONE MACHINES
I’m trying out something new with this episode. Since it was a shorter interview, I’ve included a couple reviews at the beginning of the recording. First, to coincide with a sale on the audiobook of John Dodd’s, Bone Machines ($1.99 at Downpour.com), I’ve read the review that our contributor, Matt Hughes, posted of Bone Machines […]
March 17, 2014
Book Review: THE DOCTOR AND THE DINOSAURS by Mike Resnick
It’s April, 1885, and famed shootist, John “Doc” Holliday, is dying of consumption. He is visited at his sick bed by shape-shifting medicine man and great Comanche chief, Geronimo, and offered a deal: another year of life in exchange for completing a mission to prevent the desecration of sacred Indian ground by paleontologists Edward Cope […]
